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| Nathan
Monnig Undergraduate Student ('05) |
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| Education: Dartmouth College: B.A.(Physics) 2005. (Cum Laude, high honors in Physics) Research work: I worked on saturation absorption spectroscopy of 6Li atoms for my senior honors thesis project. Through modulation of a free running diode laser (at 671nm) I was able to resolve the huperfine structure of the Lithium atoms contained within a vapor cell we constructed. The use of an extended cavity laser will allow for locking to one of the hyperfine transitions - creating ultra-stable laser operation. The ultimate goal of my spectroscopy work was a detection scheme for Casimir photons at 671 nm through differential absorption techniques. We constructed a vacuum chamber for the Lithium beam. A pumping scheme (requiring the locked laser) will be necessary to prepare the 6Li atomic beam in a single hyperfine state prior to absorption of Casimir photons. I am currently beginning a master's program in the Hydrologic Science and Engineering Program at the Colorado School of Mines. I am working with Professor David Benson on flow and transport through 2- and 3-D fractional-order operator-stable random fields (numerical modeling of contaminant transport through aquifers). Under Professor Benson's guidance, I am currently exploring the effects of anisotropy in 2D fractional Brownian motion hydraulic conductivity fields. I have also been investigating the snow-hydrology of local terrain elements. |
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